roman barcelona (12 bc - 450 ad)

Question 1

what was the name of the town romans created where barcelona’s old city is today?

Answer 1

barcino

Question 2

what year did the romans create barcino?

Answer 2

12 bc, 200 years after city of tarraco

Question 3

what was the demographic/purpose of barcino?

Answer 3

retirement community for roman soldiers

Question 4

how big was barcino?

Answer 4

small in size (2 square acres) and population

Question 5

what were the 2 main thoroughfares?

Answer 5

cardo maximo, decumenus

Question 6

where did the 2 main thoroughfares intersect?

Answer 6

at the forum

Question 7

where/what are the 4 physical remains of the roman town?

Answer 7

1. under placa del rei
2. 4 columns of the temple dedicated to the emperor augustus
3. aqueduct
4. part of the walls

Question 8

what is the forum?

Answer 8

the city center, now saint james square

Question 9

what are the 2 cultural remains of the roman town?

Answer 9

language (catalan and spanish are romance languages), religion (most spaniards are christians, the religion the roman empire eventually adopted)

Question 10

when did the decline of barcino begin?

Answer 10

200 ad

Question 11

what are 4 reasons barcino began to decline?

Answer 11

1. overextension of the roman empire
2. plague, famine
3. arrival of christianity
4. threat of germanic/barbarian invasions